Michael Addamo Kicks Off 2021 in Style; Wins WSOPC New Year Colossus

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Jan 04, 2021 6 min read Last updated Jan 06, 2021

There are few titles that Michael Addamo hasn��t managed to win during his long and illustrious poker career. He can remove a WSOP Circuit ring from his to-do list after triumphing in the WSOPC #15: $400 New Year Colossus at GGPoker this weekend.

Addamo overcame 8,724 opponents on his way to bagging the $400 New Year Colossus title. Victory in this massive event not only awarded a coveted WSOP Circuit ring, but also a colossal cash prize that weighed in at $374,604.

Each of the nine finalists guaranteed themselves $37,459 for their $400 investment. Hong Kong��s Sparrow ��FacelessMan�� Cheung collected this sum when he crashed out in ninth.

Rui ��OlliOctavius�� Sousa was the next casualty when he ran ace-king into Addamo��s pocket kings. Tudor ��hotsince93�� Lazar then found kings to bust ��minterofbtc�� in seventh-place before ��Hazes�� ran their jack-ten into the, you guessed it, kings of ��benchplayer8��.

Everyone else was now guaranteed a six-figure haul for their effort and Estonia��s Tenno ��ViiolAwo�� Tonts was the first to grab this bumper prize. His demise in fifth-place, at the hands of Addamo, resulted in him banking $118,458.

Addamo��s ten-seven came from behind to best the pocket aces of benchplayer8 to reduce the player count by one. Addamo then busted ��Pikerdon�� in third place, a finish worth $210,653, to send the Colossus into the heads-up stage.

Holding a near 10-to-1 lead over Lazar, an Addamo victory was a formality. A couple of hands into the one-on-one battle, Addamo limp-called a 20,937,674 (10.5 big blind) shove from Lazar. Lazar held ace-king, Addamo queen-jack and a queen on the flop sealed the deal for the talented Australian.

WSOPC #15: $400 New Year Colossus Final Table Results

Enjoy a blow-by-blow account of the Colossus' action

Vamos! Yuri Dzivielevski Takes Down the $800 Fifty Stack

Yuri Dzivielevski is $178,236 richer than a couple of days ago courtesy of winning the top prize of the $800 Fifty Stack. Dzivielevski already has a couple of WSOP bracelet, he now has another piece of poker jewellery, a WSOPC ring.

He battled with some of the world��s best players on his way to yet another major title. Rui Ferreira, for example, finished fifth here but he regularly fights it out in tournaments with a buy-in 10-times this size.

The United Kingdom��s Harry ��vulvasore�� Lodge was another star who reached this final table. Lodge ran out of luck in fourth place and collected $75,161.

Dzivielevski��s fellow Brazilian Alex Greenblatt fell in third for $100,229 before Dzivielevski defeated America��s Justin Park heads-up for the title.

WSOPC #14: $800 Fifty Stack Final Table Results

Discover how Dzivielevski became a WSOPC champion

Other Recent WSOPC Ring Winners

Anson ��Tara@oz�� Tsang secured a WSOPC ring and a cool $178,921 after being the last man standing in the WSOPC Event #10: $400 Christmas PLOSSUS. The Hong Kong-based grinder came out on top of a 3,628-strong field to become a WSOPC champion.

Ukraine has itself a WSOPC champion after Oleg ��Ad Astra�� Vasylchenko won the WSOPC Event #11: $1,050 Bounty Hunters Championship. Vasylchenko defeated Marty ��RetremntFund�� Mathis heads-up to bag a total prize worth $145,005.

Finally, for the WSOPC round-up at least, a shout out to Fabian ��lordof0513�� Schmidt who won the WSOPC Event #12: $500 Deepstack. Schmidt overcame come incredible opponents at the nine-handed final table, including Germany��s Oliver Weis heads-up. Schmidt collected $90,943 for his impressive victory, that and a WSOPC ring.

Big Results From GGPoker on January 3

There were plenty of big results elsewhere at GGPoker, including a $142,298 prize for Wei Zhou. Steve O��Dwyer was another standout performer, taking down not one but two events on the same day.

• Wei Zhao �C first-place in the WSOPC High Rollers: $5,000 Sunday 500K for $142,298
• Sbeky �C first-place in the GGMasters High Rollers $1,050 for $130,996
• ProbierEs �C first-place in the WSOPC Series: $525 Bounty Hunters HR Main Event for $117,501*
• reghunter �C first-place in the WSOPC Series: $1,050 High Rollers Main Event for $102,239
• SOULciavel �C first-place in the GGMasters $150 for $68,048
• Steve O��Dwyer �C first-place in the WSOPC High Rollers: $2,500 Blade Prime for $67,318
• Alex Theologis �C first-place in the WSOPC High Rollers: $3,150 Blade Bounty King for $62,728*
• Grindan17 �C first-place in the WSOP Series: $315 Bounty King Circuit for $52,644*
• Sam Greenwood �C first-place in the WSOPC High Rollers: $2,500 Blade Closer for $51,047
• Aleskei Barkov �C first-place in the WSOPC High Rollers: $2,500 Blade Mulligan for $46,058
• Claas Segebrecht �C first-place in the WSOPC Series: $500 Sunday Double Stack for $43,844
• Steve O��Dwyer �C first-place in the WSOPC High Rollers: $2,500 Blade Opener for $42,656
• Ronny Kaiser �C first-place in the High Rollers Sunday PLO Main Event for $38,881
• Aliaksei Boika �C first-place in the WSOPC Series: $840 Sunday Terminator for $36,768*
• Eelis Parssinen �C first-place in the WSOPC High Rollers: $3,150 Bounty King Omaha for $36,551*
• David Yan �C first-place in the WSOPC Series: $300 Sunday Marathon for $35,067
• Birdie Power �C first-place in the WSOPC High Rollers: $2,500 Blade PLO for $34,863
• jerbi9999 �C first-place in the WSOPC Series: $1,050 Deepstack Bounty Turbo for $34,576

*includes bounty payments

Parssinen Wins Big at partypoker

Eelis Parssinen, fresh from an impressive victory at GGPoker, took down the The High Roller Big Game at partypoker. A field of 124-players bought in for $2,600 and Parssinen outlasted them all. His reward? $76,311.

The Finnish grinder had to contend with a star-studded final table that was the home to the likes of Christian Rudolph, Jans Arends, Niklas Astedt, and eventual runner-up Joao Vieira. Vieira collected $49,103 for his second-place finish.

Check out these other notable victories that took place at partypoker on January 3.

• upeshka �C first-place in the $320 KO Series New Year Kick Off for $51,354*
• Henrique Mendes �C first-place in the $530 Big Game for $37,179
• TheRealGrizzly1 �C first-place in the $320 The 300 for $25,052*
• Jason Liberman �C first-place in the $55 Mini Big Game for $16,449
• Mr. Lawyer �C first-place in the $55 Gladiator for $14,427*
• te amo CFK �C first-place in the $215 Warrior for $14,154*

*includes bounty payments

Two Biggest 888poker Events Break Guarantees

888poker��s two biggest Sunday events both hit there guarantees, the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep and the $30,000 Sunday Challenge PKO, the latter seeing its usual $25,000 guarantee increased for the New Year.

Some 1,051 players turned out for the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep and created a $105,100 prize pool. It was a Russian one-two in this event with ��Ilovetyumen�� defeating their fellow countryman ��SpaceNuts�� heads-up.

The champion walked away with an impressive $19,285 and the runner-up banking $13,768. Third-place finisher ��SirHennie�� also booked a five-figure score, namely $10,404.

��Iplaynayone�� was crowned champion of the $30,000 Sunday Challenge PKO which attracted a field of 355. Victory weighed in at $6,154 in total, made up of the $3,099 top prize and $3,055 from the bounty prize pool.

Igor ��lechuckpoker�� Kurganov Wins High Roller Sunday Supersonic

Igor ��lechuckpoker�� Kurganov added the PokerStars $1,050 Sunday Supersonic title to his already long list of poker accomplishments, adding the $22,090 top prize to his millions in winnings.

The Sunday Supersonic is a hyper-turbo structured tournament that all the pros love playing, especially because winning it results in an hourly rate in the thousands.

Canada��s ��RPILON�� was the first finalist to bust before Francisco ��Tomatee�� Benitez busted in fifth. Russia��s Maksim ��MAMOHT_T�� Viktorovich fell in fourth and narrowly missed out on a five-figure score; he walked away with $9,997!

Heads-up was set when Lithuania��s ��babatukas888�� fell in third. This left Kurganov and Anton ��Bomber&Granater�� Wigg heads-up. Kurganov got the job done and claimed the $22,090 top prize, resigning Wigg to a $16,960 consolation prize.

$1,050 Sunday Supersonic Final Table Results

These are the biggest results from PokerStars on the first Sunday of 2021.

• Andre ��PTFisherman23�� Marques �C first-place in the Blowout Series 26-M: $530 NLHE PKO for $110,473*
• Bruno ��great dant�� Volkmann �C first-place in the Blowout Series 28-H: $2,100 NLHE for $87,188*
• Wenderr �C first-place in the Blowout Series 25-M: $109 NLHE 8-Max for $63,914
• Benjamin ��BC1989RF�� Chalot �C first-place in the $1,050 Sunday High Roller for $54,909
• Thorsten ��juicetus�� Legit �C first-place in the Blowout Series 28-M: $215 NLHE Turbo PKO for $48,735*
• Jans ��Graftekkel�� Arends �C first-place in the Blowout Series 24-H: $530 NLHE PKO for $35,756*
• Christian ��WATnlos�� Rudolph �C first-place in the $215 Bounty Builder for $33,656*
• D!egoRezende �C first-place in the $109 Bounty Builder for $30,047*
• baneris �C first-place in the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $22,556
• Teun ��tinnoemulder�� Mulder �C first-place in the $215 Fat Sunday for $11,663

*includes bounty payments

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